Packaging Corp Of America (NYSE:PKG) traded at $213.73 at last check on current trade day and made a downward move of -10.35% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $238.41 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 0.777 with the day’s price range being $212.3401 – $232.5. The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 24.92. In terms of its 52-week price range, PKG has a high of $250.82 and a low of $159.57. The company’s stock has lost about -6.85% over that past 30 days.
Packaging Corp Of America has a market cap of $19.19 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in February. With its Forward Dividend at 5.00 and a yield of 2.34%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the PKG stock to gain ahead of the earnings release.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at 2.17B, with a low of 2.14B and a high of 2.19B. The median projection represents growth squeezing down to 9.38% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for current year is expected to hit 8.95B, or 6.82% up from figures reported last year.
On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the PKG stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of Hold, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 50% Buy.
Based on estimates by 9 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 5 have rated the Packaging Corp Of America (PKG) stock as a Hold, while 3 rate it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 0 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 1 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Hold and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.
Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the PKG stock currently stands at 1.69, and the most recent price level today is -7.79% off its SMA20 and -9.37% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 26.53 while the volatility over the past week is 1.23% and jumps to 1.45% over the past one month. The beta value is 0.80, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 5.20. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $253, with the estimates having a low of $252 and a high of $280. These price ends are -17.91% and -31.01% off the today’s price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a -18.37% if the PKG share price touches on the median price of $253.
Coming back to Packaging Corp Of America (NYSE:PKG), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 734.02K, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 0.82 million. Current shares outstanding are 89.81 million.
The insiders hold 1.89% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 90.54%. The data shows that short shares as of 2025-01-15, stood at 1.81 million at a short ratio of 2.08. This represents a 265.00 short interest in shares outstanding on 2025-01-15. Shares short rose in January from the previous month at 1.26 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with today’s price pushing the stock -5.06% down in year-to-date price movement.
